Category: Extremes affecting China

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected: China

Lifetime: April 29 2024 to April 30 2024

Mean temperature anomaly: -4.8 C

Mean temperature: 12.3 C

Minimum temperature anomaly: -8.3 C

Minimum temperature: 5.8 C

Fig. 1: Map of temperature anomalies (standardized). The green star indicates the center of the extreme event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings for the folloging limits: 0, 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 %.

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected: China

Lifetime: April 28 2024 to April 28 2024

Mean temperature anomaly: -3.4 C

Mean temperature: 7.0 C

Minimum temperature anomaly: -4.8 C

Minimum temperature: 2.7 C

Fig. 1: Map of temperature anomalies (standardized). The green star indicates the center of the extreme event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings for the folloging limits: 0, 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 %.

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Event type: Cold spell

Countries affected: China

Lifetime: April 28 2024 to April 28 2024

Mean temperature anomaly: -1.9 C

Mean temperature: 13.5 C

Minimum temperature anomaly: -5.1 C

Minimum temperature: 7.1 C

Fig. 1: Map of temperature anomalies (standardized). The green star indicates the center of the extreme event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings for the folloging limits: 0, 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 %.

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected: China

Lifetime: April 26 2024 to April 27 2024

Mean temperature anomaly: 5.7 C

Mean temperature: 14.9 C

Maximum temperature anomaly: 8.4 C

Maximum temperature: 18.3 C

Fig. 1: Map of temperature anomalies (standardized). The green star indicates the center of the extreme event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings for the folloging limits: 0, 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 %.

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected: China

Lifetime: April 26 2024 to April 26 2024

Mean temperature anomaly: 6.1 C

Mean temperature: 19.7 C

Maximum temperature anomaly: 7.9 C

Maximum temperature: 23.8 C

Fig. 1: Map of temperature anomalies (standardized). The green star indicates the center of the extreme event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings for the folloging limits: 0, 10, 25, 50, 75 and 100 %.